Engineering
“We’ve worked with other employers to create a whole range of degree apprenticeships – like software engineering, aerospace engineering and project management – because there aren’t enough graduates being produced from UK universities for our recruitment requirements,” he explains. “And we’ve found some of university courses don’t deliver the specialist knowledge that we need.” BAE Systems offers engineering degree apprenticeships at its sites across the country including Barrow-in-Furness and Preston in the north west of England; Brough in Yorkshire;
There are numerous individual specialisms within engineering – from electrical, mechanical and civil, to aerospace, chemical and biomedical engineering. Many of these are available as degree apprenticeships, either as Level 6 or Level 7 programmes, that typically take between three and six years to complete. Professional engineers are known as ‘chartered engineers’. The route to becoming a chartered engineer involves doing an engineering degree – either at university or through a degree apprenticeship – completing a period of practical
Portsmouth, Rochester, Frimley and Weymouth in southern England; and in Glasgow. The company partners with several different universities, such as Cranfield University and the University of Cumbria, and
experience, studying for a master’s degree, and then registering with the Engineering Council. Over a third of the employers in the 2025 edition of The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships are recruiting for engineering programmes in the year ahead, including Airbus, Diageo, MBDA and Thames Water.
BAE Systems expects to recruit over 400 degree apprentices in 2025
is offering more than a dozen different types of engineering degree apprenticeship in 2025. These include nuclear engineering, manufacturing, structural and mechanical engineering, materials technology, and research & development. “Up to three-quarters of our degree apprentices get first class degrees. And the universities we partner with often tell us they do better than traditional undergraduates, because the combination of learning and working gives them a much better understanding of things.”
BAE Systems is a global defence and aerospace company that designs, develops and manufactures military aircraft, naval warships, nuclear-powered submarines, commercial avionics, weapons systems, and combat vehicles. It is currently one of the UK’s largest degree apprenticeship employers. “We are expecting to recruit over 400 degree apprentices in 2025, over half of whom will be engineers,” says Richard Hamer, Director of Education & Skills at BAE Systems.
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